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Detection of latent tuberculosis infection among migrant farmworkers along the US-Mexico border

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background Migrant farmworkers are among the highest-risk populations for latent TB infection (LTBI) in the United States with numerous barriers to healthcare access and increased vulnerability to infectious diseases.
E. Oren, M. H. Fiero, E. Barrett, B. Anderson, M. Nuῆez, F. Gonzalez-Salazar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison between Quanti-FERON-TB Gold In-Tube test and tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in children: A cross-section study

Journal of Acute Disease, 2020
Objective: To compare Quanti-FERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT- GIT) test and tuberculin skin test (TST) for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children.
Keyghobad Ghadiri, Alisha Akya, Maryam Janatolmakan, Mansour Rezaei, Seyed Amirabbas Sharif, Shahla Masoomshahi, Raha Khosravi, Roya chegenelorestani   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interferon-gamma release assay for screening of tuberculosis infection in children

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) is the main tool for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI). However, the indeterminate results were more frequent in children, and the underlying reasons were largely speculative.
Huiwen Zheng, Jing Xiao, Feina Li, Hao Chen, Deze Li, Yonghong Wang, Yajie Guo, Yuying Chen, Chen Shen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differences in LTBI diagnosis among referrals to BCHD between study periods and by QFT-GIT test status.

, 2012
*includes individuals that had QFT-GIT performed by referral source. 11/399 individuals in the post-QFT-GIT period had QFT-GIT drawn but no results available; there was 1 indeterminate result in the post-QFT-GIT-period ...
Susan E. Dorman (143301), Maunank Shah (143318), Sherry Ketemepi (166132), Adena Greenbaum (166127), Maria Martins-Evora (166138), Vincent Marsiglia (166145), Danielle DiPietro (166121)   +6 more
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Comparison of tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test in Bacillus Calmette–Guerin-vaccinated children

Lung India, 2020
Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the concordance between QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) and tuberculin skin test (TST) in children vaccinated with Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG).
Ira Shah, Jagdish Kathwate, Naman S Shetty   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and risk factors for latent tuberculosis among diabetes patients in Taiwan: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a known risk factor for tuberculosis (TB), leading to an approximate three-fold higher risk of developing active TB.
Anne Chang, Chung-Ze Wu, Jiunn-Diann Lin, Chun-Nin Lee, Kun-Yuan Tsai, Pin-Hao Wu, An-Tsz Hsieh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Age-specific agreement of TST and QFT-GIT assays.

, 2018
Age-specific agreement of TST and QFT-GIT assays.
Nikhil Gupte (189999), Kannan Thiruvengadam (796402), Mandar Paradkar (5579405), Lakshmi Murali (5488751), Chhaya Valvi (5579414), Vandana Kulkarni (375255), Luke Elizabeth Hanna (506718), Renu Bharadwaj (375251), Akshay Gupte (1805863), Vidya Mave (541004), Beena Thomas (338792), Shri Vijay Bala Yogendra Shivakumar (796407), Kavitha Dhanasekaran (5579402), Gomathi Narayan Sivaramakrishnan (5579408), Rewa Kohli (307713), Dileep Kadam (4064449), Neeta Pradhan (5579411), Soumya Swaminathan (110137), Padmapriyadarsini Chandrasekaran (110170), Chandrakumar Dolla (842974), Amita Gupta (21762)   +20 more
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Predictors of persistently positive Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma responses in the serial testing of health care workers

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010
Background Data on the performance of Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-(IFN)-γ release assays (IGRAs) in the serial testing of health care workers (HCWs) is limited.
Schultze-Werninghaus Gerhard, Schlösser Stephan, Schablon Anja, Nienhaus Albert, Ringshausen Felix C, Rohde Gernot   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube for contact screening in BCG-vaccinated adults: A longitudinal cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2017
ObjectiveTo assess the utility of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) for targeting preventive therapy in BCG-vaccinated contacts of tuberculosis (TB), based on its high specificity and negative predictive value for development of TB.MethodsWe ...
Laura Muñoz, Lucia Gonzalez, Laura Soldevila, Jordi Dorca, Fernando Alcaide, Miguel Santin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Procedures for application of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) system in pleural fluid v1

, 2018
This document aims to standardize the protocol for processing of the pleural fluid and its application to QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT; Cellestis Limited, Australia) system.
Raquel da Silva Corrêa, Ana Carolina Oliveira Soares da Silva, Luciana Silva Rodrigues   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source